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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4272037, member: 3535"] Well there have been some posts on here that have. One poster referred to the analogy that Geno's coaching has "jumped the shark." And on more than one occasions posters have brought up that the game has passed him by. I kid you not. These are equivalents of "blasting." And if they lose tonight expect more of the above. ================= I'd like to ask though several questions - one is that you have made a point that Geno needs to ask the question why CD is struggling. Are you suggesting that 18 year old kids need to be coddled to such a degree that they should never struggle? He can ask it- but his priority is much more to win - not to fix the 9th player on the bench. Even then as a former coach-- how much can you guarantee "a fix?" Especially when an 18 year old is going against mostly older players in a situation she was never in before vs terrific teams. It just seems on this thread you are suggesting that CD should never struggle unless it's the coach’s fault. If you aren't saying that then why can't you accept that some freshmen have a strong possibility that they aren't going to be as consistent as other older players in the NCAA Tourney? Secondly, you agreed with a poster that spoke of conditioning yet you have seen throughout women’s basketball that in NCAA Tourney’s team play their stars they play them near 40 minutes (excluding big centers but even then Baylor did ND did etc.) in big, close games . Just look back at the past 5+ years - even Stanford- they all have played their super players 35-40 minutes unless foul trouble. It's not just Geno. It's every coach. So aren’t you proposing something that no other coach that has won a title has done over the last 5+ years in close games? Because they all play their super players near 40 minutes --fresh legs or not- in big NCAA games. [B]So is every coach wrong?[/B] Third, if all the coaches are showing you they play their super players huge minutes in NCAA big games, then why are you being so hard on Geno for one bench player? You as a former coach should realize that the team is more important than any one player. So why are you so focused on what Geno has to fix (you said he must fix CD) when the players he is playing, in the minutes allocation that Geno has decided, has proven to be successful not only this year but many years in the past? [/QUOTE]

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